Adventure Travel Africa is all about Africa travel. We
previously used travel in Africa dot co za but we have decided about 2 months
ago to use our dot com site - adventure travel africa. Both travel in africa
as well as adventure travel africa is recognised by the Registrar as our trademarks.
We officially traded in 1997 as both travel in africa as well as adventure travel
africa. Although we have registered numerous Africa travel sites and run an
Africa Travel Centre as well we do not trade under these names. We own africa
travel centre dot info as well as africa center dot com. However we are not
the backpack or africa travel centre in cape town. We are also not the africa
adventure travel centre also in cape town. We also have very little to do with
all the other travel centres in cape town - adventure village, the nomad adventure
centre, detour, one world, OVC and captour. We use nomad though as a overland
operator as we have found the nomad tours to be great. We are also not members
of captour, fedhasa or satsa.

In johannesburg there is also a couple of confusing issues.
We registered backpack in africa dot coza in jan 1999 and within 2 months this
backpacking site was on yahoo. at the same time we registered travel in africa
- also on yahoo. as time passed the backpackers site didn't really grow much
but the travel site did. the backpacking site is of course called just that
- backpack in africa. However, there is another site called backpackafrica.
We are most definately not on friendly terms with backpackafrica. In fact; backpack
africa have committed trademark infringements and defamation against us. It's
no use going after them though as they have very little. In fact , backpackafrica
used to own a backpackers hostel in johannesburg.Unfortunately as so many other hostels in jo'burg; they
had to close down as well. There is also another hostel in jo'burg that uses
backpackin'africa and that is the backpackers ritz of johannesburg. I have absolutely
no problem with that as they probably have the best and safest hostel in johannesburg.
There is however someone other than backpack africa that passes off as us and
that is africa centre from jo'burg. Although they are not actually situated
in johannesburg or pretoria, they blatantly will tell you that they are from
this or that hostel. Beware of Africa Centre.

We know quite a bit about trademark infringements as
we have lost a case against lonely planet publications. Although we never tried
to pass off as lonely planet we got nailed. We never intended to pass off, we
didn't even use lonely planet 's tradename in our keywords. So that is why we
are clearly stating which companies we are not - we definately do not want a
corporate terrorism assault against us again by someone like lonely planet or
their mates, the backpack, africa travel centre, explorers club or rocky street
backpackers.

So; for africa travel this is the site to look at. Whether
you are looking for ashanti in cape town or an overland tour to the great rift
valley, you will find it here. We provide information not only on South Africa
, but on the whole Southern Africa as well. Tours and safaris in Namibia - Etosha,
Sossusvlei, Fish river Canyon. Tours and safaris in Botswana - Okavango Delta,
moremi, chobe, makgadikgadi pans, kalahari. In Zimbabwe we can organise anything
in Victoria falls - rafting, bungi jumping, canoeing. In short any tour or safaris
you are looking for, we can help you with - whether it is a budget camping trio
or an upmarket steam train safari, we can do it.

We can book you ANY trip in Southern Africa andyou'll pay the same as with the operator direct.We do not charge a booking fee.Book any Kruger trip or equivalent with us on
the net and we'll offer you a free dorm night
in Pretoria as well as a free pick up from Johannesburg
International Airport at any time.

A few years ago backpackers really battled
to get around in Southern Africa. But now the transport network is excellent
and on the whole very safe. When travelling to Jo'burg remember that most buses
stop at Pretoria as well.Please
note: Whenever in Jo'burg do NOT wander around outside Jo'burg station. Also
do NOT take the METRO (train)!

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HireMinibusTrainOtherFor
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Adventure Tours and Safaris

As appreciation for booking with us on
the net we'll offer you a free dorm night in Pretoria at one of our backpackers
as well as a free pick up at Johannesburg International Airport at any time
even 4h30!

This
page has never really been worked on. When I started this page in Dec 1998
the idea was to list backpackers, B&B's, Guesthouses and Hotels. I realised
very quickly I should have called it something like www.notanotherdirectory.com
& I would have had to employ someone else as well. After constant numerous
requests we will finally list other establishments at a small charge. So;
if you want to list...

We deal with various operators and have done so for
the last 7 years.We do not necessarily sell operators that give us a
larger commission for the sake of making more money. We sell what we believe
in - value for money. We do business for tomorrow. We want your family and
friends and acquaintances to come back and visit South Africa again. So it
is simple, we offer you a service and we get paid for it by the operator -
normally a 10% to 15% commission; and for cars 5%. I absolutely
detest booking agents that sell a tour for more than the operator sells it
for. There is nothing worse than being on tour and finding out that you have
been overcharged. This is of course shortsighted and extremely harmful to
the South African Travel Industry. Examples of this can be found in the Lonely
Planet South Africa 2002. It seems that once you are recommended you can do
and charge what you want!Lastly please note that if an operator does not appear
on this page there might be a good reason. I am only starting this page 27/5/2002
so give them a bit of a break too. I 'll list our main Operators though. We
can book any Operator and we won't try to sell you XYZ if you have asked for
ABC. We have been around 7 years with very good reason.

We
offer a huge range of trips across Southern and Eastern Africa. Each
section has a number of trips each with variations in itinerary and what
is included in the price - check thoroughly to ensure you get the trip that
you really want!The 2002 July to September season are
almost fully booked. If you are serious about going during this time book
as soon as we confirm availability. One of the Operators just gave 2 prelims
away

Cape
Town to Victoria FallsSouth
Africa to KenyaVictoria
Falls to Cape Town

Zimbabwe
to KenyaKenyaEastern
AfricaTours
of Africa

We will try to answer any enquiries personally
within 72 hours during weekdays. BUT please bear in mind that this is Africa
and that things here happens slowly!!

We can book any Operator or Lodge you
want.All prices are pp sharing per day